Register now to join the discussion

Thank you for your interest in the OneFamily Foundation. We're sorry, entry to and voting in the Community Awards and Personal Grants is only available to people residing in the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). If you are trying to access the website from within the UK but have received this message, please contact us at [email protected]

Wakefield Hospice Outdoors Family Area

(West Yorkshire)

To landscape a new family area outside the family room, providing a haven with numerous benefits for patients and families giving a better quality of life and care whilst creating lasting memories for family members. A private area to maintain dignity, it will be accessible for wheelchairs and bed bound patients and confined for children’s safety.

Our goals:

Support patients with a life limiting or long term illness within a safe and private context to maintain dignity within a suitable, safe environment that is functional and accessible with access to appropriate facilities.

Provide a long term benefit for patients and families offering a non-threatening, non-clinical environment, especially for children and young people to interact at a time of significant psychological distress.

Provide, encourage and enable personal celebrations and support other calendar/seasonal events to be celebrated, as these are important milestones for patients approaching end of life and can leave important memories for families after a bereavement.

£5kproject
Currently ranked in

How we will achieve our goals

By funding the expertise, ensuring we meet our health and safety obligations, and materials needed to complete the project to pave a patio area and erect a trellis for privacy and dignity; core principles at the hospice. Remaining funds will be used to purchase plants for ambiance and garden games and outdoor play equipment for social interaction.

Where the money will go

Wakefield Hospice serves the people of Wakefield. Our community can access our services free of charge when the need arises. This project will provide a private area for families and patients to interact at a time of significant psychological distress and offer equality of access ensuring all patients and visitors can go outside should they wish.

Wow, thank you everyone. So glad Wakefield Hospice was able to help those who’ve needed it in the past but without the ongoing support of the community, it would not be able to continue caring and supporting others when needed. Your votes and good wishes are truly appreciated. Keep spreading the word. Thank you 🙂

Thanks for all the votes everyone, every single vote counts and is really appreciated and takes us a step closer to winning this grant – keep them coming and keep spreading the word. Currently ranked #1, lets try and keep Wakefield Hospice on the top spot 🙂

Thank you everyone, your votes really are appreciated and fingers crossed make all the difference. If we’re lucky with this vote, the transformation of this space at the hospice will benefit so many people, now, and in years to come. It’s a nerve wracking wait but the support we continue to receive is overwhelming and gives us great hope 🙂

Thank you everyone for your votes and support, we’re keeping our fingers crossed but need more votes to win. Please keep spreading the word! With only days left, every vote counts. Simply put, the hospice cannot fund this project themselves – without this grant, the outdoors family area cannot start. Thanks again for your valued support – the response has been truly overwhelming xx

I have voted for this after seeing first hand the dedication of all staff
And the difference they make to both patients and family members
The outside area would be a great place for families to go and spend
Quality time rather than in there rooms.

After volunteering through work (Barclays) it really brought home the hard work and dedication required by staff and volunteers to keep such a place like this in tip top condition for patients and visitors.You have my vote!!

Thank you everyone – it’s heartwarming reading all your comments. If we win this, it’s thanks to you all. If we don’t, we know we have the best supporters out there and are making a difference every day in our local community 🙂

I am delighted to vote for thei hospice. I was based at St Austin’s Roman Catholic Church in Wakefield for 5 years and often was called out to the hospice. The care, love and concern that was shown to all the patients and their families was wonderful. They deserve to win this award.

Voted! A very worthwhile charity, who I have a lot of time for after they cared for both my dad and grandma in their last days, whilst giving much needed support and help to the whole family! Good luck and thank you

Wakefield Hospice is a wonderful place, the care my mum received, 13 years ago, was wonderful, as was the care we received as a family. At the time I had two young children, having a safe family area for them to play in and make happy memories, at what is often such a traumatic time, would have made a big difference to us and made the experience for us and them, a more manageable one.

My husband Stan was in wakefield hospice and he got the best care ,cannot thank them enough . I then had bereavement counseling again with so much care .I have moved back to the northeast now but the hospice is still there for me if I need them and I still go back now thank You so much for everything you’ve done for myself and others .

Wow, THANK YOU everyone. It’s genuinely heartwarming to read your stories and know what a difference Wakefield Hospice has made to you and your families. Unfortunately the need for the hospice’s services will never stop so we need to keep fundraising to continue offering quality care for future patients and families. Your support is overwhelming and I have everything crossed for the final result in a few hours time. THANK YOU once again – we really can’t do this without you 🙂

Company

Contact

Social

OneFamily Foundation Limited, registered number 09176069, is registered in England and Wales at 16-17 West Street, Brighton, BN1 2RL,
United Kingdom. OneFamily Foundation is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority or the Prudential Regulation Authority.

OneFamily is a trading name of Family Assurance Friendly Society Limited, (incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992, Reg. No. 939F). Registered in England & Wales at 16-17 West
Street, Brighton, BN1 2RL, United Kingdom. Family Assurance Friendly Society Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct
Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Family Assurance Friendly Society Limited's Financial Services Register number is 110067. You can check this on the Financial Services Register at www.fca.org.uk/firms/systems-reporting/register or by contacting the FCA on 0800 111 6768.